Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Watson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 10, 1966No. 23222PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mobley, Justice.
Mrs. J. C. Watson, as guardian of J. C. Watson, who had been adjudged mentally incompetent in December, 1962, filed a petition against Joe E. Simmons, Mary Ann Simmons and Whaley Robison seeking to cancel a contract for the sale of land made in August of 1961, and for $13,766 in damages. The material allegations of the petition are that J. C. Watson was mentally incompetent to make a valid contract at the time it was made, that to induce Watson to contract to buy the property, defendants carried out a fraudulent scheme by which Robison, a real estate dealer, entered into a…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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